A Shining Example
posted in General |We got a terrific letter from Miss B yesterday morning; she’s at camp. She saw a bear, and they’re having a great time, and she misses us. We read the letter to Miss K. Then yesterday afternoon, we put her (Miss K) down for her nap, and Ms B included some paper and a couple of pens. She cried and screamed for a while– I’m sure she’s saying “not fair!”
And then she was quiet. Disturbingly so.
I caught our little prisoner using her paper and pens and composing a letter. I thought, “How cute,” figured she was writing back to her sister, and left her alone. Then I found her rough draft, somewhat crumpled as if she didn’t want us to read it, but I could make it out…
Dear Amnesty International;
My jailers continue to torment me. Today they put me in a small cage with a soft floor and left me alone for twenty minutes. I can’t believe it! They left me some writing tools, thinking me an illiterate. I hope you get this letter in time.
I wonder what her final letter said.
